The Palestinian leader added that "the key to peace" in the Middle East was the independence and freedom of the Palestinian people. Politicians have united in expressing solidarity with the victims of the terrorist attack in Manchester, where a terrorist set off a bomb at an Ariana Grande concert , killing 22, according to recent reports.

The latest renewal will be limited to the time needed for security forces to complete their work, Prime Minister Edouard Philippe announced. He added that the high level of threat facing Europe would not fall anytime soon and that France "remained on high alert" over possible attacks.

Mark Warner of Virginia, announced that the committee had issued new subpoenas to two firms associated with Flynn after Flynn rejected an earlier demand for the documents, saying he would plead the Fifth Amendment against self-incrimination.

Citing three current and former American officials, the Times said USA intelligence officials collected information last summer showing Russians zeroed in on Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort and Michael Flynn , a former head of US military intelligence who was a key Trump campaign adviser.

Flynn recently invoked his Fifth Amendment right to deny Senate subpoena requests related to its investigation into Russia's meddling in the 2016 USA presidential election. The chairman of a House oversight committee says the FBI will not be turning over memos and other materials that detail discussions between former FBI Director James Comey and President Donald Trump .

Trump also called North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un a "madman with nuclear weapons" and revealed the USA has two nuclear submarines near the peninsula that he hopes not to use. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., and two Democratic senators - Edward J. Markey of MA and Chris Coons of DE - said in a letter to the U.S. State Department past year that the anti-drug push in the Philippines "appears to be a campaign of mass atrocities thinly disguised as a response to a public health emergency", the Times ...

The New York Democrat went a step further, suggesting as Burr did that Flynn has no right to decline to turn over paperwork to the Senate investigators. Coats and Rogers declined the request, the Post reported. He said they are also seeking any documents or memos related to a Washington Post report that Trump asked Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats and Adm.

Trump is eager to get Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to agree to restart dormant Middle East peace talks. Further, foreign policy and nationals security experts warn that Trump's move may result in American allies restricting the intelligence they share with the United States .

They have dubbed the action #WeAreSumud - sumud is Arabic for "steadfastness" - in part to mark what in June will be 50 years of the Occupation , or what organizers are calling "50 Years Too Many". Ahead of Trump's visit to Riyadh - which was marked by the United States signing a $110 billion weapons deal with the Saudi regime - Middle East and North Africa Director at Amnesty International Philip Luther said that the "potential for President Trump to build toxic alliances with ...

And this is where Monday's ruling could have implications for two other North Carolina cases working their way through federal courts. But once again, we can only dream of a day when legislative and congressional districts are drawn and approved by an independent nonpartisan panel with a mission to put together districts with equal numbers of people, period, without regard to political affilation.

The identities of the victims were becoming known little by little. An 8-year-old girl was among the dead. The daughters were safe. On Tuesday, Salman Abedi's older brother, Ismail, was arrested in a Manchester suburb. Security throughout Britain has been beefed up in the wake of Monday night's bombing. Coverage of the attack and its aftermath has pushed out political news from the British media.

Later, Trump toured the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's walled Old City and became the first sitting president to visit the Western Wall , Judaism's holiest place where Israel allows Jews to pray in a city sacred to three religions.